EDDY MERCKX 1975 TOUR DE FRANCE `MOLTENI` YELLOW JERSEY¦¦Condition: excellent, complete with `MIKO` sponsorship etc, Le Coq Sportif logo to sleeve and label to interior, back-pockets with buttons.¦¦Provenance: Jean Cormier / Clive Rowlands / Cwmtwrch RFC. Acquired by French sports-journalist Jean Cormier as a gift for former Wales rugby-player, coach and selector Mr Clive Rowlands . ¦¦Mr Cormier visited Mr Rowlands in South Wales for an interview and when at Cwmtwrch RFC the sports-writer vowed to acquire an important item `for the Cwmtwrch collection` and the Merckx jersey arrived shortly afterwards. Jean Cormier is a sports journalist who specialised in rugby and cycling as well as political biography.¦¦The 1975 Tour de France saw the legend Eddy `The Cannibal` Merckx attempt his sixth victory, but there was huge controversy as the Belgian became a victim of violence from a member of the partisan crowd. Some French cycling supporters were more than anxious that Merckx would beat the record of five wins set by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil Consequently, at stage 14 a spectator leapt from the crowd and punched Merckx causing him to fall and break a cheekbone. As a result French cyclist Bernard Thevenet took the lead and was the winner of the tour, Eddy Merckx came in second and Eddy Merckx did not win the tour again.
EDDY MERCKX 1975 TOUR DE FRANCE `MOLTENI` YELLOW JERSEY¦¦Condition: excellent, complete with `MIKO` sponsorship etc, Le Coq Sportif logo to sleeve and label to interior, back-pockets with buttons.¦¦Provenance: Jean Cormier / Clive Rowlands / Cwmtwrch RFC. Acquired by French sports-journalist Jean Cormier as a gift for former Wales rugby-player, coach and selector Mr Clive Rowlands . ¦¦Mr Cormier visited Mr Rowlands in South Wales for an interview and when at Cwmtwrch RFC the sports-writer vowed to acquire an important item `for the Cwmtwrch collection` and the Merckx jersey arrived shortly afterwards. Jean Cormier is a sports journalist who specialised in rugby and cycling as well as political biography.¦¦The 1975 Tour de France saw the legend Eddy `The Cannibal` Merckx attempt his sixth victory, but there was huge controversy as the Belgian became a victim of violence from a member of the partisan crowd. Some French cycling supporters were more than anxious that Merckx would beat the record of five wins set by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil Consequently, at stage 14 a spectator leapt from the crowd and punched Merckx causing him to fall and break a cheekbone. As a result French cyclist Bernard Thevenet took the lead and was the winner of the tour, Eddy Merckx came in second and Eddy Merckx did not win the tour again.
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